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PATRICK B. ROONEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JAMES B. RYAN, OF

SAME PLACE.

BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,621, dated February19, 1 895.

Application filed March 27, 1894. Serial No. 505.310. (No model.)

State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements i-nBed-Bottoms; Vand I do declare the following to be a full,

Y clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in bed bottoms composed ofwire, and other fabrics, stretched over and secured to a suitable frame.One important desideratum in this class of devices has been to provideagainst the sagging or undue sinking of the fabric in the center, and topreserve the original shape after long use. Another has been to renderthe frame capable of vertical or horizontal adjustment so that it may beplaced on iron, or other metal bed frames as well as in the usual woodenor frame bedsteads, and still-another has been to provide a rest or headsection which might form a permanent part of the bottom, and offer noobstruction when not in use as a head rest, without necessitating itsremoval or detachment. To accomplish these various objects at a minimumexpense and adapt them for use either jointly or separately is the aimof my present invention, and with these and other ends in View, I shallproceed to describe the construction, operation, and ad vantages.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l, is a plan View of a bed bottomembodying my improvements, with a part of the woven wire or fabricbroken away. Fig. 2, is a side elevation or edge view of the same, withthe adjustable corner blocks in position to be used on metal bedsteads,and those of similar construction. Fig. 3, is an end view, and Fig. 4,is a perspective view of the fralne illustrating modifications.

Referring by letter to said drawings: A, indicates the side bars, and B,the end bars of a bed bottom, which may be of any ordinary or approvedconstruction.

O, indicates the fabric which is here illustrated as composed of wovenwire, and is drawn over and secured to the frame in the usual manner.

D, indicates rods which may be composed of stout wire or other suitablematerial, having suicient resiliency for the purposes designed. Theserods as shown in Fig. 1, are secured at their respective ends to theupper sides and opposite ends of the cross bars B, while in Fig. 4, theyare shown as secured to the side bars of the frame as I do not limitmyself to the place of attachment. A convenient Way of securing theserods would be to bore a small hole in the cross bars, side bars, orother suitable part of the frame, turn the ends of the rods at an angle,drive such angular ends into the holes, and then employ staples a, forsecuring them in position. It is obvious, however, that the staples maybe omitted and various other means might be employed for securing thewires to the frame. These rods or wires are sufficiently long to permitthem to be drawn toward each other at a suitable point in their length,as shown at b, and these bowed or drawn portions are connected by meansof a spiral or other suitable spring E, and the rods and spring E, areall arranged beneath the woven wire or other fabric O, and' so disposedwith respect thereto as to effectively sustain the fabric and keep thesame from unduly sagging in the center, which invariably occurs with bedbottoms such as at present in use. I have found by experience that it isunnecessary to extend this stiff but somewhat yielding supportthroughout the width of the bottom, and I have therefore confined it tosuch parts of the fabric only as have been found in use to sag and losetheir shape.

F, indicates a head rest or support. This head rest is preferably of datcontour, and for the sake of cheapness and durability may be composed offabric similar to that of the bottom C, and secured to a wire or metalframe G. The inner cross bar d, of this head rest may in the stage ofmanufacture, be hinged transversely of the bottom by taking into themeshes at suitable points, or the cross bar d, of the rest may be hingedor fastened to the bottom in any suitable manner so as to permit it torest dat on the bottom when let down. The outer cross bar e, of thisframe G, has hinged or flexibly connected to it, props or supports,there being three shown in the present illustration, although it isobvio-us that more or less may be used and they are adapted to bear onor be so connected With the main frame as to quickly and conveniently bedisengaged when the rest is to be let down.

In the ordinary construction of the frames, the end or cross barsproject beyond the side bars so as to rest upon the bed frame, and as itis desirable in some cases to adjust the bottom vertically, I haveprovided corner blocks H, which are designed to be placed beneath theprojected ends of the end bars. I connect these blocks so that they maybe turned from beneath the projected ends of the end bars when it isdesirable to have said projected ends bear directly upon the bed frame,and to turn under the projected ends When it is desirable to raise thebottom such as when placed upon brass or iron bedsteads. These cornerblocks, as shown in Figs. l, to 4, are connected to the cross bars by ajoint or hinge I, so that they may when desired be turned under thestiffening wires or rods D, which will give more rigidity to said rods,while in Fig. 4, I have shown them as hinged to the ends of the sidebars, but it obvious that theblocks may be used upon bed bottoms withoutnecessarily being equipped with the other improvements. The connectionfor the blocks may be a hinge joint or it may be a joint of any suitablecharacter.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. The combination with abed bottom com; prising a frame and Wire or other fabric; of the rods D,secured at their ends to the frame at or near the corners thereof anddisposed longitudinally on eitherside of the longitudinal center of thebottom and bowed or deflected toward such center, and the spring E,connecting the said rods D, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. A bed bottom frame having the ends of its end bars extended beyondthe side bars, in combination with blocks connected with the frame andadapted to be turned under the projected ends of the end bars,substantially as specified.

3. The combination with the rigid frame, having the ends of the end barsprojected beyond the side bars, and a fabric stretched over said frame,of the rods secured at opposite ends to the frame and yieldinglyconnected together, and the adjustable corner blocks adapted to beinterchangeably interposed between said Wires or rods and the side railsof the frame, and beneath the projected ends of the end bars,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK B. ROONEY.

'Vitnesses:

ALBERT HECK, EDWIN H. BLANK.

